Preferred Label : wasp waist sign;
Definition : Anteroposterior distance of thin dense line between two vetebral bodies is smaller
than that of either vertebral body on a lateral radiograph, resembling the silhouette
of a woman with a small waist. Suggests acquired or congenital fusion of the cervical
spine.;
Source : Eisenberg, Ronald L. Atlas of Signs in Radiology.;
Origin ID : RID35690;
Associated condition(s)
Anteroposterior distance of thin dense line between two vetebral bodies is smaller
than that of either vertebral body on a lateral radiograph, resembling the silhouette
of a woman with a small waist. Suggests acquired or congenital fusion of the cervical
spine.
